Welcome to the Department of Banking and Financial Management
To prepare students to enter the field of finance, this department offers a comprehensive degree with classes in investments, financial planning, derivative markets, corporate finance, banking, the macroeconomy and the financial sector, financial econometrics and many others. Finance is also one of the most practical majors where students can learn how to invest for their personal profits, how to get prepared for their retirement, how to finance a home purchase or the purchase of a brand new car.
In this department we expect our students to learn both the theory and applications of the many topics covered in class. For instance, our students will be prepared to deal with the viability of a new product, with trading in futures and options, with analyzing what price of housing they can afford or with modeling of a lease versus purchase problem.
I am more than sure you will have many questions as you seek information on the various topics offered in our
department. Feel free to use all the communication options you find in our site. Our department looks forward to helping you develop academically and professionally. After all, we cannot promise you the world. The only thing we can promise you is that upon graduation you can feel ready to change the (financial) world.
Sincerely,
Seraina Anagnostopoulou
Professor and Chair
Department of Banking and Financial Management
University of Piraeus
Recent Anouncements
- Academic Seminar Series, The Disruptive Effect of Failed Acquisition Attempts, Giorgo Sertsios, April 10th, 2025 07/04/2025
- EY Greece – NextGen Women 2025 – Local & Global Competition 04/04/2025
- Indroducing Bankathon, by Pwc and thw Department of Banking and Financial Management 02/04/2025
- Professional Path to ACCA 27/03/2025
- Academic Seminar Series, Carbon Burden, Lucian A. Taylor, March 27th, 2025 26/03/2025
- Academic Seminar Series, Can Investors Curb Greenwashing?, Olivier David Zerbib, March 20th, 2025 17/03/2025
- Invitation: Future-Ready Essential Employability Skills for Career Success 11/02/2025
- Repec, Top 25% Financial Economics and Finance Departments, as of January 2025 10/02/2025
- IFFR membership charter- join now 02/12/2024
- The EY Young Tax Professional of the Year 2025 is live and kicking! 14/10/2024
Department’s History
The Department of Banking and Financial Management was created in 1989 and is the only one in the field of Banking and Finance in Greece.
The curriculum is comparable with the respective curricula of the foreign Universities, is adjusted to the Greek reality and aims at covering the educational needs of the financial sector of the country.
1st in the CFA Challenge finals, for two consecutive years (2019, 2020)
21st place in the world rankings of the Financial Economics and Finance Departments, acording to REPEC ( Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
302nd in the world rankings (Arizona State University), ranked by the number of articles published in the top 5 economic journals
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30 years since the creation of the department
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23 years from the creation of our first MSc program
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10 years since the creation of the first greek MSc Program in Financial Economics for Law Practicioners